Decision-makers appear to be outsourcing core work to an insecure academic workforce who don’t necessarily receive recognition or permanent employment

Publishing in the academic world is extremely important, but why does it seem to be such a long, winding and twisted process?

Nothing significant seems to have been done to stop the practice of academics publishing in open-access, online scam journals and reaping the rewards.

Not only are they at the mercy of publishing houses, their rights are also limited by South African law.

Anger has been growing over embargoes on published works that "limit access to knowledge and make academics’ work outdated".

Academics are worth more than profits and can’t be lumped into corporate ‘staff development’ groups.

South African academia needs to get up to speed with the fast-changing digital-journal landscape.